Railway car



T. KOPF RAILWAY CAR Filed June 16, 1925 Feb. 5`, 1929.

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Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

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THEODOR KGPF, @F RSTATT, GERMANY, -vASSIGNOB. T0 THE FIRM WGGONFBRIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,

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sappliizationl sled June 16, i925, Serial No; 37,5l9, and in Germany June 24, i925.

invention relates to improvements in As n ow pract1sed toilet and such ,as lavatories, urina-ls,

Mr rs1 lvvay cars. similar rooms,

water-closets, and the like are provided in' each railway car, and ordinarily rooms are,

ich are simultaneously used as provided w water-closets and urinalsf By lavatories, thus disposing dividual passenger cars much room is wasted, 'and yet the said toilet rooms are not always sulidcient for the demand of the passengers Ytravelling in the same car, because when using one et the said roomsior one purpose-the other conveniences of 'the same room. cannot be simultaneously fused. Further, much work is necessary for keeping and cleaning the said rooms and for giving the necessary assistance to 'the passengers. The obj ect of the improvements is to obviate the said objections, and with this obj ect in view my invention consists in providing a car which is exclusively used lor providing rooms, eachroom or a plurality thereof serving only one purpose.. Therefore the said sub- -sidiary rooms are not needed in the passenger cars which cantherefore be kept in a more l hygienic state, and by combining all the said ed to either whenA the car is in service or out "oil service. `lijreerably a vcar provided with the said compartments isplocated at the midments serving different purposes,

elle oi each train, andlthe said car may be provided with any. desired number andthe 'diff -ferent compartments may be equipped in dit` 4ferent ways. i j,

For 'the purpose ot explaining the inven-l qtion two eamples embodying the same have been shown in the accompanying `which the same reference characters have been used in allI the views to indicate corresponding parts. ln said drawing, p

Fig. l, is a sectional plan view showing a railway'car having a median pass e and toilet rooms disposed at both sides of t e said passage,

i llig. 2, isa similar sectional' lanview .is disposed at one side yof thecar, w ile the the said toilet rooms in the inthereon the 'said subsidiaryof eompart#v drawing, 1n

j ments A -vnating systems,

ssage` toilet rooms are located at the opposite side i ln the example shown in llig. l the car 3 is provided with a median passage 4 and compartments 5 provided at both sides of the said passage and having doors 6. As' shown some of the said rooms indicated by the letterW are exclusively usedas lavatories, other rooms in dicated by the letter A. are used exclusively as waterclosets, further rooms indicated by the letter l) are used exclusively as urinals and a further room indicated by the letter B is designed for use by the attendant. H 'desired closets for linen and tools for cleaning and other' purposes may be provided at a suitable part of the car.

The waterclosetsA, the urinals P and the room B Jfor the attendant areprovided with small washing tubs, while the lavatories are provided with large tubs having a. supply oit cold and warm water. Some of the waterclosets are designed for use by women and others are designed for use by men. ln'some cases l provide additional rooms for othe purposes, for example bath rooms. ln the modification shown in Fig. 2 the passage 7 of the car is located at one'side of the car and the toilet rooms at the other .side

`thereof. s shown in Fig. 3 l provide pas-l sages at both sides of the car and l locate the compartments between the said passages, in s which case the doors of one part of the said rooms open into one of the passages and the -are provlded for women and men. l It will beV understood that all the compartare provided with heating fand illumielectric bells, electric lamps for indicatmg ventilation, water supply,' 951 whether or'not a room is occupied, and other v conveniences as may be desired by the railway company.

I claim: I A 1. A railway ear having longitudinal and transverse partitions providing an unobstructed medial passage extending the length structed longitudinal passage extending the of the car and a series of uniform integral length of the car and a series of uniform vincompartments extending along each side of tegr'al compartments extending along the the medial passage with each compartment 15 5 longitudinal passage with the adjacent c omopening into the passage and with the adpartments closed to each other and each com'- jacent compartments closed to each other, and part-ment having an opening to the passage, a toilet. equipment constituting the sole equipand a toilet equipment constituting the sole ment for each compartment. equipment for each compartment. 'In' testimony whereof I 'affix my signature l0 2. A railway car having longitudinal and p transverse partitions providing an Zunob- THEODOR KOPF. 

